page_title: Mary E. Rice
hierarchical_section_title: Mary E. Rice
caption_attribution_description: English: Mary Rice, Curator of Worms, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, stands in front of the Smithsonian Marine Station's floating lab at Link Port on the Indian River in Fort Pierce, Florida. Image ID # 95-255.
context_page_description: Mary Esther Rice is an American invertebrate zoologist specializing in systematics, evolution and the development of marine invertebrates. She worked at the Smithsonian Institution as a curator, educator, research advisor, and administrator from 1966 until her retirement in 2002. She is known for her work on the life histories of Sipuncula, as well as for serving as the first director of the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce.
context_section_description: Mary Esther Rice (August 3, 1926 – ) is an American invertebrate zoologist specializing in systematics, evolution and the  development of marine invertebrates. She worked at the Smithsonian Institution as a curator, educator, research advisor, and administrator from 1966 until her retirement in 2002. She is known for her work on the life histories of Sipuncula, as well as for serving as the first director of the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce.
caption: Rice in 1984 at Smithsonian Marine Station floating lab
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